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Goodbye Lover

1999 · 102 min

A sleek, wickedly funny noir full of scheming, double-crosses and bad people enjoying being bad.

Directed by
Roland Joffé
Genres
Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Tagline
No one's ever been so good at being so bad.
Overview
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.

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Directed by
Roland Joffé
Genres
Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • greed
  • corruption
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

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Genres
thriller, comedy, crime, mystery
Directed by
Roland Joffé
Written by
Alec Sokolow, Joel Cohen, Ron Peer
Starring
Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Ellen DeGeneres, John Neville, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Don Johnson
Cinematography
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Runtime
102 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
English

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